My medications have unexpectedly increased, and this month I'm having a hard time affording them. These are maintenance medications for my heart and nerve damage. Any help would be appreciated! Can trade editorial services!

We are feeling lucky today... Open now! Submissions capped at 200. Send us something cool! 😈💜

Strange Horizons will have 3 FICTION SUBMISSION WINDOWS in 2025. General April 16th with a 1,000 story cap Novelette (10k to 18k words) June 4th with a 300 story cap Indigenous Authors November 3rd with a 500 story cap Submission windows will begin at 9am UTC and end when we reach the cap.

#indieauthors Im offering editing services (dev, copy, proofread, etc) on a PAY WHAT YOU CAN BUDGET! Fast turnaround, references can be provided upon request. Accessiblity 🤝🏻 happy book. No genre or subject matter off limits. Email me [email protected] - word count, deadline, synopsis

Kindly, my pink-toed tarantula passed away today. I have arachnophobia and Kindly was my second tarantula over the years to help me see the beauty of spiders. You’ll be missed little buddy, thank you for teaching me to be a little less afraid 🖤

#Writers! I’m taking on a few short pieces to edit (dev, line + copy edit included) and it’ll be PAY WHAT YOU CAN / tipping! Referrals a bonus and have letters of recommendation 🖊️ 🩷All genres, no triggers. Message me with your word count, synopsis, deadline and budget🩷

She's beauty and she's grace, she's here to eat your face. Bone Knuckles & the Rose Scavenger releases May 15!

Can't wait to update my substack with all my femme rage reads I've been binging. #booksky

Mochi and Maple being precious. Pardon me while I scream myself into orbit.

I recently returned to Substack for my review posts, so here are some of the recent ones, plus a brand new one! Head to my bio to read about some amazing books!

I’m a simple creature #queer

Opposing bills and submitting testimonies in my state has become a nightly thing for me. It's especially rewarding when we win. Winning so we don't set a dangerous precedent for the rest of the country. Fighting for my friends. Fighting for my found family. Fuck the musky orange and butthole lips.

I’m feral and ready to edit. Just a little heads up!!

Meta illegaly downloaded 80+ terabytes of books from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-library to train their AI models. In 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded only 70 GBs of articles from JSTOR (0.0875% of Meta). Faced $1 million in fine and 35 years in jail. Took his own life in 2013.

Quality time with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social

CR: The Scourge Between Stars By: Ness Brown Sci-fi space horror for the femmes in STEM. 35% in and rlly enjoying this. Author is a literal bad ass. 🪐

😂 YOU’RE DOING GREAT SWEETIE! My edits play no favorites lmao. We’re doing the thing!

The vibes I bring to the function:

5 star review of SUNBATHERS: "oh my god?? genuinely one of the best queer dystopian books i've read in a while. mc is very morally grey but she still has qualities i love ... this book also tackles real queer issues and i really enjoyed. absolute peak" ABSOLUTE PEAK, LADS, YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST

On the eve of the release, I got sentimental editor goo all over @smhallow.bsky.social Proud of you 💙📚 Your Happy Ending Is Almost Here- A Letter From The Editor open.substack.com/pub/hedonebo...

I only need 8 more adds of THE UNLIKELY PURSUIT OF MARY BENNET on Goodreads to reach 1000! 🌈💐 Who wants to help this queer, tender romance get there?

‘How To Survive This Fairytale’ releases tomorrow + I will throw myself into the abyss if y’all don’t read it. It’s powerful and gentle, brutal and heartbreaking. I will cause a ruckus. @smhallow.bsky.social thank you for entrusting me with your work. It’s been an honor 🫂 linktr.ee/smhallow?utm...

A Dark Fantasy Romance for fans of T. Kingfisher's THORNHEDGE and Tamsyn Muir's HARROW THE NINTH, comes a story crafted by S. M. Hallow. Twining together a dark fairy tale retelling w/ mental health and disability rep + queer normative world building splashed with a cozy horror game vibe.

Waiting with bated breath for our next SILK AND FOXGLOVE author announcement? You should be! We’re so excited to announce that Cindy Phan will be joining Paula D. Ashe, Winifred Burton, and Simo Srinivas in this spicy anthology of eco-horror, edited by the amazing Z. K. Abraham 🪻😍🪻😍🪻

Don’t mind us, we’re just losing our minds over getting to announce that Winifred Burton is part of our upcoming anthology, SILK AND FOXGLOVE 🪻 Curated and edited by the incredible Z. K. Abraham, this collection of spicy eco-horror isn’t something to sleep on.

•Screaming crying throwing up• Getting hired to edit an incredible community project. THANK YOU.

here's a thread of starter packs for marginalized authors across genres! since most of these are opt-in, I linked to the posts from the creators so new-to-bsky authors can request to be added. feel free to link to any that I've missed and I'll add them to the thread!

We’re so excited to announce that Simo Srinivas @srinivassimo.bsky.social will be featured in our upcoming collection SILK AND FOXGLOVE: A BIPOC EROTIC ECO-HORROR ANTHOLOGY! This upcoming collection is being lovingly curated + edited by @pegasusunder.bsky.social Sub guidelines on site #BIPOCauthors

We’re so excited to announce that @pauladashe.bsky.social will be featured in our upcoming collection SILK AND FOXGLOVE: A BIPOC EROTIC ECO-HORROR ANTHOLOGY! Want a chance to see your name in a TOC alongside theirs? Submission guidelines 2nd photo or visit our site! [email protected]

Hi new followers! I don’t know how you found me (let me know) but I’m so excited to see new faces! Welcome 🧡

The vibes I wish for everyone in 2025

2025 better gird it’s loins bc I’m coming in hot with a #Hellraiser marathon.

please, do absolutely whatever it to takes to become yourself

Today I celebrate the life I chose, unapologetically. The way in which I feel safe and loved and appreciated.

I’ve entered ‘cave goblin editing mode’ and wanted to share one of my fav ambient background sounds to zone out to. Ps- the MS I’m working on is AMAZING 🤤 youtube.com/watch?v=SwUp...

AWARDS ELIGIBILITY! I thought I'd share the SFF stories I had published in 2024, for your humble nomination consideration! (links below) “Her Body, The Ship” – Clarkesworld Magazine “The Unction” – Fractured Lit “Still” – Assemble Artifacts #awardseligibility

*catalogues for later use*

This is how the sausage is made 🦢 Just look at them. They are simply too cute I can't stand it! (Sneak peak/time lapse of the kiss illustration commissioned by @smhallow.bsky.social for "How To Survive This Fairytale," which is available for preorder right now!) Preorder here books2read.com/u/mqkYrQ

@lindzmcleod.bsky.social | @hedonebooks.bsky.social are officially taking ARC sign-ups AND pre-orders for this sapphic tale. I hope you enjoy a bit of light spanking 😉 links in OP!

Just picked this one up 🧡

Good morning, SoCal! I'll be signing copies of my new comic MOON DOGS in Pasadena at 11a PT, if you want to say hi. (This isn't an event, just signing stock.) I'll be at Collectors Paradise - 319 S Arroyo Pkwy #4 in Pasadena.

We got over TWO HUNDRED downloads of The Flesh of the Sea YESTERDAY ALONE! I'm a blubbering mess. It's a tough time of year, with the season and everything else happening and to know that some people might find comfort in our book about found family, and love, and monsters makes me warm and fuzzy.

They’re here. They’re queer. They’re FREE‼️‼️ @monstermanorbooks.bsky.social indie book sale is happening so click the link below to shop TONS of delicious titles, including 3 of ours! monstermanorbookfair.carrd.co#thebooks #bluesky #booksky #books #readersky

I death-grip 5⭐️ because books like this exist. What an incredible read! It’s already shot to one of my favorite reads of 2025. #📚💙 10/10 recommend The Dragonfly Gambit by @thesuiway.bsky.social Published by @neonhemlock.bsky.social

We are melting faces with @lormaggot.bsky.social and @shelleylavigne.bsky.social LEGIT one of the best narrations done by Ben Galpin! The Flesh of the Sea a.co/d/csj0u1O

How well do book reviews do on #Substack for #BookReviewers ? I need off Wordpress and I miss writing them. Halpp 📚💙

🍑OUR FACE WHEN…🍑 pt.2 Go check our page for pt. 1✨ & Mark your calendars for this Friday, 12/13/24 bc SUNBATHERS and FLESH OF THE SEA are FREE in the @monstermanorbooks.bsky.social indie book sale. monstermanorbookfair.carrd.co#thebooks #booksky #📚💙 #readersky #queerbooks #indieauthors

Someone made this using Death Generator and I haven’t stopped wheezing.